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Ubuntu 12.10 : boost1.49 vulnerability (USN-1727-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 64680

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

It was discovered that the Boost.Locale library incorrectly validated some invalid UTF-8 sequences. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass input validation in certain applications.

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Solution

Update the affected libboost-locale1.49.0 package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1727-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 64680

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1727-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/19/2013

Updated: 9/19/2019

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libboost-locale1.49.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/18/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/12/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-0252

BID: 57675

USN: 1727-1